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Hotels and restaurants being ‘held hostage by TripAdvisor blackmailers’

14th May 2014

hotels, Independent, restaurants, The Independent, tripadvisor, www.independent.co.uk

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Credits: The Independent By: Antonia Molloy Guests threaten to write bad reviews unless they are granted freebies. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.independent.co.uk

‘Give us free meals or I’ll put a bad review on TripAdvisor’: Anger at blackmailers using online ratings website to extort free rooms and dinners from hotels and restaurants

14th May 2014

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Daily Mail, dinners, free, hotels, Mail Online, online ratings, restaurants, review, rooms, tripadvisor, www.dailymail.co.uk

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Credits: Mail Oneline By: Sam Webb * Restaurants and hotels report rise in diners dropping website’s name * They threaten to post negative review if they don’t get free food or wine * One steak house owner says alarming trend ‘just isn’t right’ Above excerpts and read the full article on www.dailymail.co.uk/

Online reviews: the rant in restaurant

7th September 2012

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KwikChex, Online Reviews, restaurants

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Credits: The Guardian By: Oliver Thring ‘As a tool for reviewing restaurants the internet is entering a new, less dependable phase. Can any sites which rely on anonymous reviews be trustworthy?’ Above excerpts and read the full article on www.guardian.co.uk

Completely unstoppable & extremely influential

18th January 2012

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ASA, Eat Out, Eat Out Magazine, hotels, Online Reviews, restaurants

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Credits: Eat Out Magazine “Online reviews have been in the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons. Allegations of sabotage and fake postings are rife leading the Advertising Standards Authority to launch an investigation into reviews of hotels and restaurants. Chris Emmins co-founder of KwikChex, tells us about the rise, reviews and risks of online […]